Akiko wrote 50 tanka a day I wonder if she smoked drank red wine (Genie Nakano) I found the wine spilled in her tanka a thousand lines tangle her dark hair after a night of love (Katheabela Wilson) no comb nor brush can pass through my hair gentle fingers find their way in darkness wavesContinue reading “Nights of Love~~Responsive Tanka*”
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Droughtful written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Droughtful written by Genie Nakano – I was born in Boyle Heights, CA…known as the barrios of East L.A. Pour it on we need rain for our droughtful minds….. Press on the Droughtful after Source: Source: Droughtful written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com (Press on the Droughtful in blue in the source…)
uphill~haiku
skating… over mid-life up hill Haiku by : Genie Nakano, June 20, 2021
tumbling~~haiku
rocks in a tumblersmoothing down the edges meditation Genie Nakano, 6.18.21
haiku~~rowing backwards
in our canoe time rows backwards. genie nakano, 9.23.21
Spoon to keep Warm
Travel to a foreign land backpacks only whisper in empty rooms spoon to keep warm Genie Nakano
Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…
Watashi no Otto has been listening to me spout off poetry for years and now it’s his turn. His first attempt got him a spot in Haiku Dialogue, edited by Carole McMuRay. It is a haiku prompted by an image or an ‘ekphrastic’ haiku. In this case it was a photograph of a horse’s eyeContinue reading “Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…”
Haiku~~untitled
On my hands and kneesI blow a baby spiderout the door. Genie Nakano Feb. 3, 2021
Scent
scent of lotusas darkness takes us deeperI see the lightwithin your eyesripples on the pond Genie Nakano
Dew Drop
behold this brand new worldfoundin a dropletof evening dew. . . Genie Nakano, Dec. 21, 2020 Originally written for 2021 New year.
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